Ústav technické a experimentální fyziky Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics

X-ray beam hardening based material recognition in micro-imaging

NázevTitle
X-ray beam hardening based material recognition in micro-imagingX-ray beam hardening based material recognition in micro-imaging
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
J. Uher, J. Jakůbek, S. Mayo, A. Stevenson, J. Tickner
DOIDOI
10.1088/1748-0221/6/08/P08015
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Journal of Instrumentation. 2011, 6 ISSN 1748-0221.
RokYear
2011
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000294493700015
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/11:00188293!RIV12-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Příprava, modifikace a charakterizace materiálů energetickým zářenímPreparation, Modification and Characterization of Materials by Energetic Radiation; Využití radionuklidů a ionizujícího zářeníApplication of radionuclides and ionising radiation

AbstraktAbstract

We are developing a technique of X-ray imaging capable of identifying materials in the image. The presented technique is based on analysis of two or more images taken using different energy discrimination thresholds with a single photon counting imaging detector, Medipix2. The Medipix type detectors are devices suitable for material resolving imaging thanks to their energy sensitivity for individual photons, allowing transmission to be measured as a function of X-ray energy. The material recognition technique presented here uses the signal-to-thickness calibration method and can be applied to images collected with an X-ray tube without the use of filters.

We are developing a technique of X-ray imaging capable of identifying materials in the image. The presented technique is based on analysis of two or more images taken using different energy discrimination thresholds with a single photon counting imaging detector, Medipix2. The Medipix type detectors are devices suitable for material resolving imaging thanks to their energy sensitivity for individual photons, allowing transmission to be measured as a function of X-ray energy. The material recognition technique presented here uses the signal-to-thickness calibration method and can be applied to images collected with an X-ray tube without the use of filters.